The chicanery that Kevin Zeese reported at the Green Party's Annual National Meeting weekend before last: Can we really call that "racial strife," as noted below (fifth paragraph from the end)? Some ANM attendees obviously see it that way, according not just to Zeese but to other observers.

​Is this a strife that will damage the Party, or will the Party emerge stronger for having endured it? Some longtime white members may decide that they've had their fill of being reminded that they are racist, or even running the risk of being reminded, and leave. Will a greater number of black, LatinX, indigenous, and LGBT members replace them? Perhaps other Party veterans will turn that strife inward, in the classic definition of jihad, waging an internal struggle to acknowledge that they have a problem that requires constant vigilance, and making amends to those affected when they speak or act from implicit bias.

The San Antonio Current reports that in the aftermath of the tragedy discovered in an Alamo City Walmart parking lot—where several people were found dead and others stricken by heat in the back of a semi-trailer—it's worth underscoring what SAPD Chief William McManus said:“This is not an isolated incident; this happens quite frequently," he told reporters. "Fortunately, we came across this one. Fortunately, you know, there are people who survived.”

The Texas Observer explains what a ban on abortion means for women with high-risk pregnancies.

The Rag Blog co-hosts authors Steve Early and Nick Licata on July 27 at Scholz Biergarten in Austin, who will speak about the progressive alliances in their respective cities (Richmond CA and Seattle) ahead of the Local Progress conference in Austin's AT&T Center this weekend.

Robert Rivard calls the bathroom bill a choice between social justice and discrimination, and PoliTex quotes some anonymous Texas Republicans in the Lege as saying they don't want to have to vote on the bill...but are afraid they might have to.

Grits for Breakfast updates on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice's latest court loss, requiring the state jail system to address the stifling heat inmates are forced to live in, and posits the next legal avenues.

DBC Green Blog took note of the "racial strife" that rose to the fore at the GPUS annual meeting earlier this month.

Better Texas Blog reminds us that the state relies an awful lot on local property taxes to fund our schools.